Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Yes, I am still working on the cookbook. I have 60 pages completed so far, and have designed a potential cover. Someone suggested it was a little heavy in the fake meat department and should feature more veggies (and colour). I guess it does look a little tan. But, hey, it's a draft. Then again, fake meat seems to have become my thing lately. I also enjoy the "recipes from the award winning blog" line because I have won one single award. Perhaps I enjoy my own sense of humour too much.

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Oh, I didn't know you were working on a cookbook! That's awesome! Are you self-publishing? Or do you have a publisher? Or are you waiting until later to find one?

I ask because I'm working on one too. I've got about 100 recipes together, but I'm shooting for 250. And I'm waiting until the end to seek a publisher. I don't know if that's the best route, but it seems like I can go at my own pace without deadline pressure.

As for the cover, I actually like the fake meat stuff. So many veg books focus on veggies, but I LOVE FAKE MEAT so this cover would appeal to me on the shelf.

i guess there is quite a bit of "faux meat" on the cover there... which is great, but it might misrepresent your recipes, bc you make a lot of other stuff too! you know, (this is a bit off-topic) generally i think vegan "faux meat" gets a bad rap because non-veg*ns see it as us trying to eat something that we're "against". i.e. why do you make food to be like chicken when you don't want to eat chicken? rather, i tell them i don't see it as faux meat, i see it for what it is... seitan, gluten, tofu, or whatever (though i wish they had better names). you can get similar flavors and textures without the dead animals. then again, i understand that for people transitioning to a meatless diet, faux meat can be helpful and comforting.but-- if people never ate animals you may still have come up with all these seitan dishes, and noone would think it was weird, because that'd be what was normal.

I'm so happy to see the progress of your cookbook...yay! I think your cover looks great! Personally, my family loves meat alternatives and we eat them at least once a week. This is your "baby," so do it as you see fit. It's going to be spectaclular because your recipes are AWESOME!

great to hear about a cookbook. I will be the first to buy it....I love to find new recipes for fake meat...but I do know how it turns so many off, so you likely want to find some kind of balance to suit different tastes.

The thing I miss about meat is not taste but the texture - I miss being able to seriously chew my food. It doesn't matter what you do with a lentil burger it is always mushy.

If we take the argument against faux meat to its extreme then we can just about cut out many clothing items, handbags etc etc which were just all made from animal skins once upon a time.

I think faux meat has many benefits which in the long run will do the veg*n good. I know from recent experiences that I can have meat-eating friends stay for a weekend now and feed them vegan meals which they will eat and enjoy - the seitan sausages are always a winner.

I do hope your book will available for Australians, VeganDad, because if it is, I will be first inline to buy it.

All,The cookbook will be recipes pulled from the blog (Jan: I don't really have many (any?) slowcooker recipes--it's not an appliance I really use). I don't want to stop the blog, or stop posting on the blog for the sake of a cookbook. But, for those who would like a book copy for the kitchen, this is for you. I am self-publishing. I will most likely make a .pdf file available for download--that way my readers from all over the world can access it and I don't have to worry about shipping costs. Since I want every page to have colour it can get expensive to use a self-publishing service, but we will see. It really is cheaper to print it off yourself and bind it at a local copy shop. I am open to suggestions re: price. I was thinking under $10.